On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 11:02:41 +1100, > L <yuanlux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi >> >> The hard disk on a laptop shows failing error "Disk had many bad >> sectors' it suggests 'backup data and replace disk. Of course, this >> test information was generated by Palimpsest Disk Utility on F12. >> However, when I used self-test utility from BIOS (HP 6710), it passed >> all tests. >> >> >> Which result is reliable, one from Palimpsest Dish Utility or BIOS >> self-test utiltity? >> >> if this disk is failing, how can I check what section or partition >> where errors reside? > > You probably want to use smartmontools to get a more detailed status of > the drive. If there are sectors that need to be reallocated, you can > find them one at a time using the long self test. The hard part is figuring > out what file the block is in. If you are running raid 1, you can copy > over the block from the other drive. Otherwise things depend on the file > systems and block devices involved. > Thanks, I looked at a tutorial at http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html question is related to this statement In this example, the disk is failing self-tests at Logical Block Address LBA = 0x016561e9 = 23421417. The LBA counts sectors in units of 512 bytes, and starts at zero. How to convert LBA = 0x016561e9 to 23421417? -- http://etvillage.blogspot.com/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
